Where does “-tiene” come from?

-tiene (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

-tiene (Old English): teen; used to form numbers from 13-19

Definitions

  1. teen; used to form numbers from 13-19

Ancestry of “-tiene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictehunten
2Proto-Germanictehunten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehun →